Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox - May 9,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (15-12)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (19-10)

Game Date

May 9,1978

Year

1978

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

22,369

Time of Game

2:09

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Haller [1B]: Lou DiMuro [2B]: Ken Kaiser [3B]: Mike Reilly

1st inning: 1/BG **defensive shift for Jim Rice: 3B Jerry Terrell to LF**
1st inning: 1/BG **LF Tom Poquette to left-center; four outfielders**
4th inning: S8.1-3;B-2(E8/TH3) **Fred Lynn's throw hit Hal McRae on back at 3B**
5th inning: 4/L **defensive shift for Rice**
5th inning: HP **Jim Rice hit a long foul HR on first pitch; second pitch hit him**
7th inning: HR/7.3-H **towering HR way over screen**

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Freddie Patek	ss	33.212	R	3	0	0	0	0	2	.261	26	1306
	Joe Lahoud	ph	31.025	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8	786
2	Tom Poquette	lf	26.191	L	4	0	2	0	0	0	.313	16	247
3	Hal McRae	dh	32.303	R	4	1	2	0	0	1	.284	27	964
4	Al Cowens	rf	26.196	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.275	26	570
5	Darrell Porter	c	26.112	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	.333	26	692
6	Clint Hurdle	1b-3b	20.283	L	3	1	0	0	0	0	.225	24	33
7	Amos Otis	cf	31.013	R	4	1	1	2	0	2	.273	25	1261
8	Jerry Terrell	3b-2b	31.300	R	3	0	0	0	0	2	.194	15	545
9	Frank White	2b	27.247	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.237	27	592
	Pete LaCock	ph-1b	26.112	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	18	369
Totals

HR: Amos Otis (4)

RBI: Amos Otis 2 (14)

HBP: Clint Hurdle (1)

GDP: Hal McRae (2)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Rick Burleson	ss	27.010	R	5	0	1	1	0	0	.211	29	606
2	Jerry Remy	2b	25.182	L	4	1	2	1	0	0	.319	28	472
3	Jim Rice	lf	25.062	R	3	1	2	2	0	0	.379	29	510
4	Carl Yastrzemski	1b	38.260	L	3	0	2	0	1	0	.316	28	2599
5	Carlton Fisk	c	30.134	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.245	28	726
6	Fred Lynn	cf	26.095	L	4	1	2	0	0	0	.310	26	446
7	Butch Hobson	dh	26.265	R	3	0	0	0	1	1	.288	29	266
8	Dwight Evans	rf	26.187	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.265	26	643
9	Jack Brohamer	3b	28.072	L	3	1	2	0	1	0	.344	9	594
Totals

Errors: Fred Lynn

3B: Jerry Remy (2)

HR: Jim Rice (10)

RBI: Rick Burleson (11), Jerry Remy (12), Jim Rice 2 (34)

HBP: Jim Rice (1)

GDP: Rick Burleson (5), Fred Lynn (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Jim Colborn	R	L 1-2	6.2	11	4	4	3	1	1	5.73	1.82	6	279
2	Doug Bird	R		1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.28	1.81	9	261
Totals				0.0

HB: Jim Colborn (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Colborn (0-0-0), Doug Bird (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Eckersley	R	W 2-1	9.0	7	2	2	0	8	1	3.71	1.26	7	110
Totals				0.0

HB: Dennis Eckersley (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	15-12		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	1		3	7	0		3	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	19-10		0	2	0		0	0	0		2	0	x		4	11	1		2	4	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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